A Pakistani transgender activist brought the rights of fellow transgender people in the country to a court in Lahore on Wednesday seeking police enforcement of laws against beating and torturing transgender people, a regular occurrence in the Islamic country.

French legal expert Gregor Puppinck has said that a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling in Greece could open up the door for limited aspects of Islamic sharia law to be adopted in Europe.

A journalist has been allowed a rare glimpse into the workings of Britain’s secretive Sharia Courts, which can preside over business, marriage, and financial disputes in the Muslim community under the Arbitration Act of 1996.

A migrant who divorced his wife using Islamic Sharia law in Syria could have the ceremony recognised in Germany, the European Union’s (EU) top court has ruled. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said the issue was not covered by EU

An imam involved with the British government’s review of Sharia courts in Britain has praised the divisive left-wing organisation Hope not Hate for what he termed their “incredible work” opposing “hatred”.

Many of Britain’s towns and cities have been transformed “out of all recognition” by mass immigration, turning parts of them into ghettoes which successive governments have ignored “for fear of being branded racist or Islamophobic”, and which are creating “escalating divisions and tensions”, says a government report, the Casey Review.

Theresa May has claimed Muslims in Britain “benefit greatly” from Sharia law as she launched plans for an “independent inquiry,” headed by a Muslim and guided by two “leading imams,” into whether some of the controversial courts’ judgements are at

The UK feminist Women’s Equality Party has admitted it has no position on Sharia courts and laws. In a brief email exchange, the feminist led-political movement admitted their they did not take a position on Sharia inspired laws or the

A practicing Crown Court Judge has been allowed to simultaneously sit on a Sharia court for the first time. The judge concerned came to the public’s attention last year, after convicting a Christian preacher for quoting a passage of the

Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered an independent inquiry into Sharia courts in Britain to start in the New Year. Mrs May ordered the review as concerns grow that Sharia courts are creating a parallel legal system in the country

Sharia courts in Britain are doing nothing to report domestic abuse and are trapping women in “marital captivity”, an academic with close access to the courts has said. The judges at Sharia courts do everything possible to stop women leaving

After Sunday night’s Texas terror Attack in the city of Garland, Mayor Douglas Athas sought to distance his city from the horror wrought by two gunmen, while another Dallas-area mayor boldly spoke out in support of police.

A crossbench peer and human rights expert has called on the Government to conduct a judge-led inquiry into the extent to which Sharia courts are operating in the UK. The move comes amid growing evidence that they are being used